Archive for the GAME STORY BY Galen Wellnicki Category

Georgetown senior forward/post McCall Hampton has been named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 5A All-State Basketball Teams along with being a TABC All Region III-5A selection. In addition, Hampton was named to the TGCA Academic All-State team along with […]

Georgetown Lady Eagles junior varsity basketball coach Tosha Doherty does a good job of defining the dynamics of constructing a JV team designed to produce a consistent line of talent — both physically and mentally — to keep the varsity productive on an elevated level. She had […]

29-0! Exceptional? Dominant? Perfection? or Exceptionally dominant perfection? The combination definition probably fits Georgetown’s Freshman Blue girls basketball team the closest. No losses for the season, an 11-0 run to the District 18-5A championship, 17 victories in which the opponent scored 15 points or less (five in […]

 Successfully putting the ball in the basket for two or three points — especially in times of crisis — is a major key to winning basketball games. The Georgetown Lady Eagles came up short in that area for a combination of reasons Friday night in Cameron and […]

DEFENSE — a seven-letter word for offensive frustration in sports. Want a graphis definition? Look no farther than 12th-ranked Georgetown’s 46-21 bi-district victory over Marble Falls Tuesday night at Leander High School. The Lady Eagles basically made the cylinder on the basket at the Lady Mustangs’ offensive […]

For the second straight season Georgetown and Marble Falls will meet in the bi-district round of the 128-team University Interscholastic League girls basketball playoffs. The Lady Eagles (25-9) and Lady Mustangs (16-14) will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Leander High School. The winner will advance to […]

Junior Brooke Bullard’s successful 3-point shot from beyond the top of the key with two seconds remaining gave East View a 42-41 victory over eighth-ranked Georgetown and the District 18-5A championship Tuesday night at a packed Eagle Gym. Like spilled milk it’s well past the time for […]

TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES CLASS 5A RANKINGS (Released Monday, Feb. 10) Amarillo (31-2). 2. Cedar Park (28-3). 3. Red Oak (24-6). 4. Pearland Shadow Creek (28-4). 5. Mansfield Timberview (25-8). 6. San Antonio Veterans Memorial (26-7). 7. Fort Bend Hightower (28-5). 8. GEORGETOWN (25-8). 9. Royse […]

Three questions must be answered before the exact bi-district schedule between Districts 17-5A and 8-5A can be solidified for Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 17-18. Two of those — both in 17-5A — should be answered in head-to-head meetings Tuesday night.  The other, in 18-5A, could require a […]

A noncompetitive night of athletic competition is about as appetizing as the week-old meatloaf in the back of your fridge and potentially as dangerous to a contending team as a patch of black ice on a dark sidewalk. Of course, dead meat-loaf can have its dangers as […]